From the above ingredients, knead the dough by sifting the flour into a bowl, put the yeast in the flour and add all the other ingredients (you can also add a little grated lemon peel), except the milk.

We add a milk gradually during the kneading of the dough, so that we can estimate when there will be enough liquid in the dough to be medium hard and just right. Form the dough into a loaf and leave it to rise for 20 minutes.

Knead the leavened dough and leave a third of the dough on the side for decorations.

From the remaining dough, form a loaf and slightly press it to slightly level the surface. Let the loaf rise again, but in the meantime prepare the decorations for the »poprtnik«. With them, the »poprtnik« can be decorated in different ways.

We design decorations as desired, we make braids, birds or other decorations for the “poprtnik”.

To make a longer braid, make 4 long strips from the dough for decorations, set them in the shape of the letter A and squeeze them at the top, then weave the braid from the 4 strips and squeeze the strips together at the end. With the long braid surrounded the “poprtnik” (we can also make several smaller braids and surrounded or cover the “poprtnik” with them in any way we like). We make birds from smaller strips, but we can also make some other decorations (stars, years …).

When the loaf rises again, coat it with water while decorating it with dough ornaments. Before baking, coat with a mixture of yolk and cream.

Bake it for 50 min at 180 ° C.